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26902. DIOSPYROS KAKI. Persimmon. From Rev. A. O. 

 Loosely, Tientai, China. Reported to be a delicious persimmon, 

 about the size and shape of a large egg. It has a bearing season of 

 about two months and is said to be very prolific. 



DIOSPYROS LOTUS. Compact-growing tree, 20 to 50 feet high, 

 with oblong pubescent, sometimes glabrous, leaves and reddish, 

 white, or yellow flowers. The edible, globular fruits are brown or 

 black when ripe and less than 1 inch in diameter. Extremely drought 

 and heat resistant and useful as stocks for improved, large-fruited 

 varieties of persimmons, especially in dry, hot regions of this country. 



40891. DIOSPYROS MONTANA. From William Bembower, 

 Lai Bagh, Bangalore, India. A small, erect, deciduous tree up to 

 30 feet high, often with spines on trunk and larger branches. Bees 

 are said to be very fond of the flowers. Fruit 1^ inches in diameter. 

 It is quite ornamental and useful where small trees are desirable, 

 but not hardy. 



40178. DIPELTA VENTRICOSA. Ornamental flowering shrub 

 from western China, discovered by E. H. Wilson. Differs from 

 D, floribunda (which resembles the Weigela) in having smaller belled 

 corolla. Flowers rose colored. Shrub 6 to 15 feet high. Hardy in 

 England. 



DOLICHOLUS PHASEOLOIDES. High-climbing ornamental 

 leguminous plant from the West Indies and northern South America. 

 Stems twining. Flowers pealike, yellow, with purple-striped stand- 

 ard borne in numerous axillary racemes. The small black and scar- 

 let or black and yellow seeds are often strung as beads ; they are also 

 said to be used medicinally. Can be cultivated out of doors only in 

 the southernmost parts of the United States. 



DOLICHOS LABLAB. Hyacinth bean. A form procured by 

 F. N. Meyer in China. Ornamental vine, chiefly valuable for its 

 masses of pink flowers which appear late in the fall. Stems twining; 

 leaves composed of three rather broad leaflets; flowers somewhat 

 resembling sweet peas, but clustered in a dense spike. Often culti- 

 vated in the Tropics for the edible pods. 



36757. DUCHESNEA FILIPENDULA. Collected by F. N. 

 Meyer near Hsiao Wutaishan, Chihli, China. Wild plant closely 

 related to the strawberries (Fragaria spp.), found on the northern 

 slopes of mountains and in alpine meadows at 6,000 to 9,000 feet 

 altitude. Fruit fairly large, carmine red, slightly elongated. Said 

 to be of delicious flavor. Possibly of value in hybridization experi- 

 ments. 



